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According to the Statistics Department on Friday, 764 people died from coronavirus in Lithuania. However, as reported by the BNS to the Registry Center, the electronic health system provided information on 917 deaths from this infectious disease.
“Health professionals in the e-health system have provided data on 917 people whose death certificate indicates the cause of death according to code U07.1 (COVID-19 disease, virus detected),” said Mindaugas Samkus, representative from the Records Center, in a comment posted Friday.
According to him, the National Center for Public Health (NVSC) does not currently take death statistics from the eHealth system.
“Statistics on deaths and their causes are provided today only to the Institute of Hygiene. We do not know where the NVSC obtains the data on deaths from COVID-19,” explained a representative from the Center of Records.
For its part, the NVSC states that, in accordance with current procedures, it receives information on deaths from medical institutions, which are delivered with a form.
“Following information on the excess deaths that may have been related to COVID-19, the NVSC wrote to the Registry Center requesting information on all COVID-19 deaths recorded in the Collaborative Infrastructure Information System and Electronic Health Services , providing detailed information. “, – BSC commented Justina Petravičienė, representative of NVSC.
The BNS Registry Center acknowledged receipt of this request.
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